white-crowned plover

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noun
Definitions
  • (Vanellus albiceps), a bird, a medium-sized wader, which despite its name is a lapwing rather than a typical plover.

Etymology

Compound from English white (a white-skinned person, bright and colorless) + English crowned + English plover.

Origin

English

plover

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